December 2003

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-Worldwide sales of wireless metropolitan area networks will surge to more than $5 billion a year by 2007, according to a report by Datacomm Research Co. The report, titled …

ASHBURN, Va.-Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider’s MCI customers with remote access service to Boingo’s more than …

ROME-Italy’s Telecom Italia Mobile launched a new service that connects a cellular phone’s subscriber identity module and wireless local area networks using SIM-based authentication. The service is targeted at the …

KING of PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary signed a nonexclusive worldwide royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Taiwan’s High Tech Computer Corp. The agreement covers the …

STERLING, Va.-Astron Wireless Technologies Inc. has released its new DirectConnect series of antennas, including the DirectConnect Omni and Yagi antennas. The new antennas allow the customer to determine the length …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Personal use of mobile devices is on the rise, according to a new survey from IDC. The research group found that consumers spend more on wireless service each month …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell said it entered the Ukrainian mobile market by establishing a new company with the current shareholders of Digital Cellular Communication, which holds a GSM 1800 MHz license in …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced Pegaso Comunicaciones y Sistemas S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegaso Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican wireless operator now owned by Telefonica Moviles, …

BEIJING-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is planning to sell a Linux-based smart phone, the CDMA i519, in the Chinese market. The phone is the latest wireless device to use a Linux …

Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry, with the first application to combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger. Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger …

In what might be the first stamp of Edward Zander, new chief executive officer, Motorola Inc. said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a $2 billion initial …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday proposed allowing the development and use of software-defined radios, also known as cognitive radios. “While the amount of available spectrum is ultimately limited only by …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band can be used for the intelligent transportation system. “The FCC’s action carefully balances the need for spectrum …

WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush Tuesday signed the CAN-SPAM Act, which includes a move toward prohibiting wireless spam. The bill includes language seeking to ban transmissions of unsolicited commercial e-mail to …

LOS ANGELES-Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a sequel to its popular Jamdat Bowling application, a game that will feature enhanced audio and multiplayer features. “With over 2 million …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Xivo Wireless Inc. said it will change its name to a similar but slightly different moniker-Xovix Inc. The company said the change coincides with the establishment of the …

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it added 2,400 wireless customers in its U.S. operations and 23,300 customers in its Caribbean operations during the company’s second fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30 …

Nextel Communications Inc. filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission that the carrier said demonstrates that the FCC has full legal authority to approve the radio spectrum realignment called for …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will open a New York office next year and reassign some of its top management staff to the city. Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson and …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. has sold all its shares in Japanese Internet service provider DoCoMo AOL Inc. to America Online Inc., scaling back its ambitions to combine its mobile services with …

CINCINNATI-Lattice Communications L.L.C. has acquired 13 communications towers in the Indianapolis metro area from Vertical RealEstate Inc. Lattice did not disclose the purchase price. “The Vertical RealEstate towers were attractive …

The Federal Communications Commissions’ Auction No. 55 of Specialized Mobile Radio service licenses in the 900 MHz band will take place as scheduled Feb. 11, 2004, despite requests for a …

Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the …

BANGALORE, India-Software company Subex Systems is marketing INcharge, its revenue assurance solution, as a solution that helps U.S. telecommunications firms comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that requires publicly traded companies …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. is reportedly planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs, including positions from its previously announced exit from the payphone business, during the first quarter of next year. The …